Feeder-cable support



May 15; 1923.

W. SCHAAKE FEEDER CABLE SUPPORT Filed Sept. 5

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INVENTOR W////am Schaa/re ATTORNEY Patented May 15, 1923.

UNITED s i ELECTRIC 8a MANUFACTUBlNG COMPANY, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

FEEDER-CABLE SUTPPORT.

Application filed September 3, 1919. Seria1No.,321,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SoHAAKn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feeder-Cable Supports, of which the followlng 1s a specification. X

invention relates to conductor-supporting devices and particularly tosuch de- Another object of my invention is to pro-- vide aconductor-supporting device for mines or other places of restrictedoverhead, or other, space that shall be of substantially minimumdimensions, thereby conserving space and providing a neat and compactstructure.

Heretofore, it has been usual, in certain conductor-supporting devices,to v employ nuts, screws, bolts and other relatively com plicated andexpensive machined parts that are somewhat diflicult to install. Some ofthese have, also, been so constructed as to occupy an excessive amountof space which, in mines or other places where space is limited, hasbeen an objectionable feature thereof.

In practicing my invention, I provide a relatively simple structure offew parts, requiring a very small amount of machine work, that are ofsuch simple interfitting relation as to greatly facilitate themanipulation thereof in installing and removing a conductor. The deviceis, also, of such compact construction as to occupy a substantiallyminimum amount of space, thereby improving conditions, and being adesirable device, in mines and other places of limited overhead space.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a view, partially in sectionand partially.

in elevation, of a device embodying my in- TENT oricc.

wILLIAMscHAAKE, or PITTSBUR H, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNCR T0 wns'rriienousnvention,-as viewed in the direction of a conductor, and Fig.2 is anelevational view thereof; taken'at rightangles to Fig. 1.

A member 1, preferably ofmetal, is pro vided with a body portion 2,1forattachment toa suspension insulator 3 or other device,"'and'substantially parallel legs or portions 4. COppositely-disposed openings5,'adjacent the outer ends of the"legs4, re ceive' a pin 6 extendingbetween the legs 4. 1

A member 7,'c'onstituting av seat'for a feeder cable or other conductor8, also extends between the legs Land has openings 9 adapting it to befitted over the outer'ends of the legs 4. Offset portions 10, at theends of the member 7 overlap the ends of thepin 6 and prevent-the"withdrawalof the latter. I I I During the operation of. installing theconductor 8, and with the members 6 and 7 removed, the conductor isfirst placed between the legs 4 and is moved to a position relativelyclose to the body portion 2. This permits the member 7 to be placed overthe 7 legs 4 and moved beyond the openin' s 5,

after which the pin 6 ma be readily p aced in position. The device eing,as shown, in the vertical position, when the, conductor 8 and the member7 are released, the latter will assume the position shown in thedrawings and be securely locked in place.

It will, of course, be understood that the,

same structure may be used in other positions wherein there is a forceexerted by the conductor 8 against the member 7.

The several parts, being relatively loosely related, and the member 7being thereby permitted to have a' rocking movement about the pin 6,assure a good bearing engagement between the conductor'8 and the member7.

While I have shown and described a par ticular formof my invention,changes may be efi'ected therein without departing from the. spirit andscope thereof, as set forth in the appended claims.

I. claim as my invention:

l. A conductor-supporting device comprising a structure havingsubstantially parallel portions, a readily-removable conduc'- tor seatmember disposed between said p01,-v tions and held against lateraldisplacement thereby, and a readily-removable holding' member forsupporting the seatfmember prisin disposed between the parallel portionsand held against transverse movement by said seat member.

:2. A conductor supporting device comprising a forked structure, aconducto seat disposed between the prongs of the forked structure andslidable longitudinally thereof, and a holding member disposed betweenthe prongs of the forked structure and slidable transversely thereof forpreventing removal of the conductor seat from the said p n svent thewithdrawal of the holding mem her.

5, A conductor-supporting device comprising a supporting member, a.holding newness member and a member co-operating with the supportingmember and the holding member to position aconduotor and prevent thewithdrawal of the holding member.

6. A condilator-supporting device comprising a forked member havingoppositely disposed receiving portions in the legs thereof, aconductor-seat member extending between said legs and having portionsthrough which said legs extend and a projection at each end, anda pinextending between, and into the receiving portion of, said legs, theprojections on the seat member extending across the longitudinal axis ofsaid pinto prevent the withdrawal of the pin.

7 A conductor-supporting device comprising two substantially parallelportions having oppositely-disposed receiving portions, a conductor-seatmember cooperating with said parallel portions and having an offsetportion at each end, and a pin extending between, and into the receivingportions of, said-parallel portions, said offset portions beingpositioned to prevent the withdrawal of the pin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 25th dayof Aug,

WILLIAM SCHAA-KE.

